Rogers Sugar Announces Election of Directors

MONTRÉAL, CANADA--(Marketwired - Feb. 9, 2016) -

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Rogers Sugar Inc. (the "Corporation") (TSX:RSI) announced today that each director nominee listed in the Management Proxy Circular dated December 16, 2015 was elected as Director of the Corporation during the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders held in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The details of the election are as follows:

Director nominee

Outcome

Votes for

% for

Votes withheld

% withheld

Dean Bergmame

elected

26,283,028

93.66

%

1,778,760

6.34

%

Michel P. Desbiens

elected

25,625,983

91.32

%

2,435,805

8.68

%

William Maslechko

elected

26,265,401

93.60

%

1,796,387

6.40

%

M. Dallas H. Ross

elected

26,267,907

93.61

%

1,793,881

6.39

%

A. Stuart Belkin

elected

26,141,810

93.16

%

1,919,978

6.84

%

In addition, the Directors have been directed to vote the common shares of Lantic Inc. ("Lantic") held by the Corporation in favour of the nominees of the Corporation as directors of Lantic.

The results of the final votes regarding all matters subject to a vote during the Annual Meeting will be made available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).